Democratizing urban development : community organizations for housing across the United States and Brazil / Maureen M. Donaghy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Donaghy, Maureen M., author.

Series:

Urban life, landscape, and policy.

Urban life, landscape, and policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Low-income housing--Government policy--United States.

Low-income housing.

Low-income housing--Government policy--Brazil.

Democracy--United States.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2018]

Summary:

Rising housing costs put secure and decent housing in central urban neighborhoods in peril. How do civil society organizations (CSOs) effectively demand accountability from the state to address the needs of low-income residents? In her groundbreaking book, Democratizing Urban Development, Maureen Donaghy charts the constraints and potential opportunities facing these community organizations. She assesses the various strategies CSOs engage to influence officials and ensure access to affordable housing through policies, programs, and institutions.  Democratizing Urban Development presents efforts by CSOs in four cities across the hemispheric divide: Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Washington, DC, and Atlanta. Donaghy studies the impact and outcomes that ensue from these efforts, noting that CSOs must sometimes shift their own ideology or adapt to the political environment in which they operate to ensure access to housing and support the goals of an inclusive city.

Contents:

The role of community organizations in urban

Development and housing across the US and Brazil

Strategies and outcomes of community organizations

Resisting removal in Rio de Janeiro

Neighborhood transition and housing for low-income residents in Atlanta

City center development in Sao Paulo

Citywide growth and gentrification in Washington, DC

Towards democratization of urban development?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781439914076

1439914079

OCLC:

1028586950